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July Beach Week 2015

This past week we went down the Sea Isle City for vacation. Last year, Zoe was none to thrilled with the ocean because it was loud and wet and more than a little scary. This year was the exact opposite. I had to chase after her as she ran into the water. She also loves playing in the sand.



So much fun! And we really couldn't keep her from the water.



There was also a good amount of time spent on the promenade going to the different arcades, playing games and riding on the rides. Last year she wasn't really into games and the rides were terrifying to her when they moved, but she got over all of that.



Throughout the week we tried to take a couple of local trips. We drove up to Ocean City to enjoy the boardwalk and the rides. Again, she was super excited to go on a lot more rides this year, proving that she can be brave if she wants to.



We drove down to Cape May on Wednesday morning to meet up with Joe Pop for breakfast. He flew down to the airport and met us at the diner. Zoe is always happy to see him and did a good job picking at her food. After that we went to the Cape May County Zoo. We didn't take many pictures, but we had fun looking at the animals while we looked a little silly.



While we were down there, the city was doing a lot of work to help reclaim the beach after the most recent storm. They were pumping sand from the ocean up on the beach. In order to move it further down, they ran a giant pipe along the length of the beach, which you had to climb over in order to get to the ocean. Here's a small picture of what this looked like.



It was pretty crazy to see all of that in progress. Zoe was also able to make the most of the work area by using a boogie board as a sled... or just sliding down on her butt.



Ben and Julia also stopped down for a good part of the day to enjoy a walk on the promenade and some time on the beach. These are definitely Zoe's favorite twins.



Honestly, it is impossible to capture, even with all of the pictures, just how much fun we had this week. You should definitely check out the SIC July 2015 album in Flickr. I cannot wait to go back down in a couple of weeks!

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